Wackelzahn
German, noun/ˈvakl̩ˌt͡saːn/
Wackelzahn is spelled W-A-C-K-E-L-Z-A-H-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written German, the 406,877th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wackelzahn is a German masculine noun meaning “loose tooth, wobbly tooth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zahn, der nicht mehr fest im Kiefer sitzt, sich also bei Beanspruchung bewegt”.
What does Wackelzahn mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculineloose tooth, wobbly tooth
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zahn, der nicht mehr fest im Kiefer sitzt, sich also bei Beanspruchung bewegt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Wackelzahn
- Wackelzahnes genitive
- Wackelzahns genitive
- Wackelzähne plural
- Wackelzahne dative singular
- Wackelzähnen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wackelzahn?
- /ˈvakl̩ˌt͡saːn/
- [ˈvakl̩ˌt͡saːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Wackelzahn in German?
Wackelzahn appears about once in every 46 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).